Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
The Post-Structuralist Version of the Sermon on the Mount
Posted on: September 11th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismWe need to understand that a universalist civilization will not survive a contest with a tribalist one. If we don’t value our civilization, who will?
How to Avoid Being the Next Ponzi Scheme Victim
Posted on: September 11th, 2012
Blogs → Goldstein on GeltSadly, as stated above, ZeekRewards is not a one-off story. Apart from desperation to make more money, another possible reason people fall for these schemes is that the scammers may have gotten smarter. However, there are three basic measures that you could follow to protect yourself from falling victim in a financial scheme.
Posted on: September 11th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeRabbi Kook explains that this misplacing of priorities between the means and the goal stems from the sin of the earth during the days of Creation. By understanding the depth of this teaching, we can learn to be happy, not only when we finally attain our goals and ideals, but also at every moment of our lives.
No Red Lines: Another US Rejection of Israel’s Security Concerns on Iran
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Blogs → HADARU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an interview stating that the U.S. would not be setting any deadlines for Iran.
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Blogs → The MuqataThe ancient synagogue in Meron is located on a hill above the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Like other Galilean synagogues from the Byzantine era, its entrance faces south, towards Jerusalem. But what makes this synagogue special is a story from its later history.
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIn two weeks millions of Jews will cry out, "Next Year in Jerusalem" and millions more will cry out, "Vote for Obama." And we shall see whose faith will prevail.
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThere are many Halachic reasons to disqualify a witness. Owning an iPhone is not one of them.
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Evergreen State — a Total Immersion Experience
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismStudents are drawn into psycho-political cyclotrons and are insulated from all other voices. What begins as a concern for human rights is amplified by contact with more and more extreme expressions of anti-Israel ideology.
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
News → Yori's News ClipsThe first indication of an Obama bump following the DNC convention.
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeEven if you haven’t yet atoned for all of your sins, Don’t worry! Be Happy! As long as you are sincerely trying, this is what really counts.
Posted on: September 9th, 2012
Blogs → CIFWatchIn the Judean lowlands, rising above the Elah Valley, lies Tel Azeka (also Azekah) – mentioned numerous times in Biblical texts. Perhaps most famously, it is associated with the story of David and Goliath, which is etched into blocks of stone set by the path up to the top of the Tel, its dramatic ending overlooking the Elah Valley below on one side and views as far as the Mediterranean coast on the other.
Universal Education or Universal Competence?
Posted on: September 9th, 2012
Blogs → Sultan KnishPoliticians take for granted that education is the road to empowerment and equality. Obama has read poems off his teleprompter about the wonders of education as the only means of ensuring "our" children's future. There is nothing revolutionary about that. Every politician takes it for granted that education means empowerment. But does it really?
The Campaign to Undermine American Support for Israel
Posted on: September 9th, 2012
BlogsAccording to Franklin Lamb in the anti-Israel website Foreign Policy Journal, the pro-Israel Community is all hot and bothered by an alleged new study: It’s a paper entitled “Preparing For A Post Israel Middle East”, an 82-page analysis that concludes that the American national interest in fundamentally at odds with that of Zionist Israel. The authors conclude [...]
Changing Our Image for the Better
Posted on: September 8th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahRejecting something with knowledge is one thing, but most Jews in the world today have essentially rejected a life of Jewish observance with very little book or experiential knowledge.
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahBut it is even more foolish in my view to not teach the science in the first place. Ignorance is our worst enemy. Because the minute one finds a contradiction to the insistence that only the most literal interpretation of the Torah is acceptable, believers can and often will sadly go the way or Mrs. Brown.
Transferring Wealth with Stocks, Bonds, and Bicycles
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Blogs → Goldstein on GeltWealth transfer is a hot topic in financial planning. Thinking about how to pass funds from one generation to the next can be emotionally difficult. Perhaps the older generation doesn’t approve of the way the younger spends the money, or the younger generation isn’t involved in the family business. Furthermore, tax and legal issues can complicate matters.
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeDear Friends, the clock is ticking down to Rosh HaShanah. You can hear the shofars blasting all over the world. T’shuva may seem like a towering mountain too high to climb, but it’s really not as hard as you think.
Surrender Corrupts the Soul of Israel
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismFein is wrong. The corruption of the Jewish soul did not begin in 1967. It began with the adoption of the idea that surrender is pro-Israel.
Posted on: September 6th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahSomehow, even though it should be obvious to them that the U.S. is different, they have retained the mindset that it’s OK to cheat “the Goyim” - if they can get away with it. And that is what causes the kind of Chilul HaShem that is happening here. And when the criminal is someone who is otherwise a good person, the Chilul HaShem is even greater.
Should Israel bet the farm on U.S. promises?
Posted on: September 6th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismA strategy of stopping Iran by getting the US to promise to enforce red lines is only a promise; and nations — the US is not alone in this — do not keep promises when doing so is not determined to be in their interest.
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